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And then come in here and it's freezing. >> See, I'm perfectly comfortable right now. >> Yeah. So you just >> like to call this meeting to order. The school committee. You all please rise for the pledge of I pledge algiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you.

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>> All right. Welcome everyone on this hot evening. Um, first order of business is that we want to welcome Dave and to his first school committee meeting. I know we've all met and spent some time together. Yep. But, uh, this is your first school committee meeting, so I

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wanted to officially welcome you here. >> Thank you. Well, it's good to be here. >> It's very good to have you here. >> Uh, student spotlight this evening. Uh we were hoping at the last meeting that we were going to have the baseball team here and that meeting was cancelled. So

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um tonight uh we want to really recognize the baseball team for what they did with the championship. And Chris, could you help us with that? >> Definitely. Uh so on behalf of the Middle Burough School Committee and the district, it's a tremendous honor to

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congratulate all of you on winning the state championship. Championships are never won by talent alone. They're earned through countless hours of practice, sacrifice, discipline, and unwavering commitment to one another. You represent your school,

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your families, and your community with pride, class, and determination. For the generations that came before you, former players, coaches, parents, grandparents, alumni, your accomplishments bring back cherished memories and create a new chapter in the

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proud tradition of Middleboro. You have given them something they will talk about for years to come. And it's also important to note you champions have become tomorrow's role models. Somewhere in the crowd, little leaguers watched you. They celebrated every

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victory and dreamed of one day wearing a Middbor high school uniform. They saw the hard work, perseverance, and teamwork and what it can achieve. Because of you, these young players are even more inspired to dedicate themselves to the game and

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each other. Championship is a remarkable achievement. I hope you cherish your accomplishment and the lifelong bonds that you've built with your teammates. Congratulations to the players, coaches, families, and everyone who helped make

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this unforgettable season possible. You have made Middleboro proud, and you have immortalized yourselves in the lore of this great town. Congratulations. >> Here, here. Um, and in addition, uh, we

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were talking with in the school committee and we decided as a way of our support that we want to, uh, give a donation to, uh, the fund that will help support the buying of the rings. And I thought as we do that, we would also put

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it up tonight for those that you are watching that might want to join us. uh the team has done something that really has brought this community together in pride and a way that we can give back to them is to contribute to help them uh buy the ring so that they can keep that

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memory with them forever. So please consider doing that. Thank you. Next on our recognition list, uh John, did you come up with Mr. Baptiste? I should come right over here so then I don't have to reach back over. I should

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have had a standing mic. Uh for how many years in a row have has Oakpoint been uh contributing to our scholarship fund? Um, Oak Point has been providing scholarships to Middleboro since the year the class of 2000 actually. So, uh,

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uh, the class of 26 would make 27 years. >> Wow. So, we wanted to bring, uh, John who's really led this effort and his vice president, Mr. Baptiste, uh, to recognize the amazing work that you've been doing. Uh this year the amount that was raised was

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>> $16,000 went in uh 30 scholarships and 10 tool ships uh to Middleboro kids at Middleboro High School here at uh Middleboro kids at Bristol Plymouth Regional Technical School. And we had

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two Middleboro kids over at Bristol Laggy. Um, we would like going forward, I might add, working with our new interim school superintendent just to know where the Middleboro kids go, how many Middleboro kids, for example, are

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homeschooled, um, how many middle kids go elsewhere because it all figures into our calculus. And as we hope to grow um we can expand, you know, to to cover those those kids as well on the same

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kind of prorated basis that we do with this our beneficiary schools now. >> Well, it's amazing. And u the uh the way that you've gone and built this fundraising event, it's really become a machine. and the and the event itself.

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Uh when we were talking first and you was speak before the meeting and you were speaking with some of the other members um they said, "Oh, of course we that's something that we go to every year. It's really become an event in the in the town's uh calendar that people look forward to." But we really are so

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appreciative to what you have done that makes such a difference in our students lives. I I'm sure that for many of them and and I think you just had a dinner to um hear from those students >> to recognize the kids. Um we also we've built some really great synergies with

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our um beneficiary schools. Uh the schools are able to even give back to us. Uh Middleboro High School's band and orchestra and chorus came to Oak Point on March 15th and did an America 250 concert for us that was kind of like a

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dress rehearsal for their Washington DC trip. the same week. >> Yeah. >> Uh we gave all the money that we made at the door for that back to them for that trip. Uh we also had the uh some Middleboro kids, but um Middleboro kids

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from Bristol Plymouth came and built us a new redemption shed for our bottles and cans, which all the proceeds from that go to the scholarship fund. So, uh, I think it cost us about $2,000 in materials, but for about five or six

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weeks, we had a bus show up from Bristol Plymouth every day with a bunch of eager beaver kids, you know. Uh, >> that's wonder >> going at it and that shed's already paid for itself. >> What a great example of a community partnership and one that our students have really benefited from. So, wanted

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to personally say thank you and acknowledge you here. >> Thank you. You have anything, Scott? you pretty much covered it. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you much. >> Next on the agenda is public comments.

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I think there's one person here. Two. Oh, two people. Uh so, anyone wish to make public comment? All right. If not, then we will move on uh to discussion items and looking

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forward to the first report from our interim superintendent. >> Yes. Well, it's been a whopping six days, so I'm not quite sure it's going to be uh in uh a very long one, but um so I have settled in. I now have accounts and emails and all of that good and phone numbers and all of that good

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stuff. Uh settling in. Very warm welcome. Uh obviously you know that we've started our entry plan uh interviews and uh we've got about well soon tomorrow we'll have almost half of uh of our folks having those interviews. So it's been a great conversation um

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that will continue moving into central office uh building leadership. Um eventually usually most teachers are away at this point but we'll open up not the teachers have to change their summer plans because we will do it in the fall as well. uh but also um reaching out to

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uh police chief, fire chief, uh town manager and moving on from there trying to get a sense and again this part of that listening tour and learning as much as possible as quickly as possible about Middle. Um the other thing is that we do have uh two current leadership searches.

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Uh the first is our pupil personnel director. We did have 14 applications which is a pretty good number considering the time of year. Uh and that um that first round of interviews is scheduled to happen next the 15th I believe is Wednesday. Um and then

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hopefully um when I return from the um the superintendent conference uh either that Friday the 17th or that week of the 20th 21st I will meet with the final the finalists and my hope is is to bring um a final candidate for your approval um

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at our next our next meeting. um the MG good principal search. We um have that. Tim Mclofflin is going to lead that search or putting together the committee looking for that first round of interviews to happen on the 21st. There actually were 27 people that applied for

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that which is a very good number and a lot of people with uh with it getting down to six or seven people to interview is actually be proving to be difficult. Um so we're working on that putting together questions. Um Tim returns uh later on this week at the beginning of

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next week. Um so I'm trying to get him set up um for that. The other thing in your packet is the Reed's collaborative um report. Um and again this is just an update on their programs um and the things that they are doing um fiscally

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um you know the board of directors um you know do have a budget tuition and fees and they are in good financial st standing. Uh the next schedule meeting, well this is old that came out in June, but it's for June 16th. That would have been um the union negotiations for the

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16th. Um and they will be uh undergoing a coordinated program review in January. So we'll be working to get ready for that. So I don't know if anyone has any questions on that report. All right. Um and that's the uh six day in report. So

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>> nicely done. >> Yep. Any questions, thoughts, comments >> for either of the two positions you mentioned? Were there any internal candidates? >> Uh, there were not. >> All right. >> There were not. So, they're all they

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were all exter I and again only been here six days, but there might be a few people trying to come back, which is always a good sign. Yep. So, >> I just want to say thank you for setting up take making the effort to set up all

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those meetings and and meet with people and just kind of hear what everyone has to say. >> Yeah. >> That means a lot and I'm really grateful that you're doing that. >> Yeah. No, it's a it's an important part of the process >> to really learn, you know, more about the district because, >> you know, and asking more questions. So,

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I'll come back with more questions. Don't worry. >> Great. And I also appreciate that you get out the weekly correspondence update for the committees. I I find those very >> very helpful. >> Yep. And and the way I've set it up as a Google doc, you can go back and look at

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past past weeks if there's a question you forgot. So it's a standing document. It's not There it is. Now it disappears. So you get to look at it anytime you want. Um and if you want to spy before I'm done, you can see all my typos before I actually publish it. And that's that's okay. I'm not a great typist, but

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um but that, you know, it's generally kind of a work in progress. You'll see things just splattered on there and a few ideas and then then we get to edits and final copy, but you'll get an email when it's ready to roll. So, I'm not quite sure with me being at the conference if there'll be a tremendous

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amount, but probably next Friday will be the next one. >> And as you're all aware, he will be at the conference from Monday afternoon till Friday morning. >> Yep. I'll be back. I'll be back in I'll be here Monday morning, although I'm pretty much booked up Monday morning.

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Um, and then I'll be back on Friday. So, great. Moving along to the consent agenda. Um, in your packet, we had the school committee. I know I'm probably not talking about

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this. uh school committee uh minutes for May 28th, June 3rd, and June 11th. I'll entertain a motion to accept them all together, or if you want to go individually. >> I make a motion to approve the school

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committee meeting minutes for May 28th, June 3rd, and June 11th. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I oppose. and that is unanimous. [clears throat] Uh next is uh in your

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packet was a donation from uh the Hannifford community bag program. Uh and as you know in our uh policies that we have to approve those. Uh so I would entertain a motion to approve the uh accepting of that donation.

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>> I make a motion to accept the donation from Hannerford Community Bag Program. Second >> questions, comments? All those in favor? >> I. >> And the chair is I makes that unanimous.

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[clears throat] And lastly, the approval of the warrants. >> I make a motion to approve the warrants for this week. >> Second. >> Questions or comments?

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All those in favor I I and the chair adds the I for unanimous. Uh on number nine, again this is a bit of a carryover from our last meeting that was cancelled uh where we wanted to recognize our retiring

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uh teachers and staff. Um just uh so that you all know that we did we were hoping to have them here and we had uh something for them to acknowledge for all that they've done. Uh we did deliver those the next day uh to the teachers

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and the staff uh in the buildings and um I was very grateful that I got to do that actually because I got to speak to many of them and hear their parting thoughts as they were leaving and their appreciation for uh the school system,

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the love of their their children and um how many of them felt um a tug and pull about uh leaving after that many years and I I reinforced how much their service to the town and to the children

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has meant. So I would like to read those names. uh retiring. It's Michelle Budwang at MKG, Yavon Bonus at MHS, special ed teacher, Donna Colbo, MHS head cook,

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Lisa Dval, MKG, SLP, Melissa Deutschman, special education coordinator. Linda Ferrar Ferrer, HBB teacher, Francis Goyette, administrative assistant, pupil

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personnel. Julie Garber, MKG ESP. Donna Gano, MKG teacher. Kimberly Hokansen, MKG teacher. Donna Phillips, MHS librarian. Glenda Spelain,

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MHS ESP. Joanne Tarcanian, NMS custodian, and Patricia Thorp, minibus driver. uh and altogether that represents many years of service to our town and to the

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district. Uh and at this time, unless anyone has something else prior to our uh going into executive session, uh I would like to entertain a vote to enter into executive session for two

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purposes. Purpose number three to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining bargaining or litigation and this has to do with the curriculum. And purpose seven to comply with or act

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under the authority of any general or special law or federal grant in aid requirements and that is uh to review the executive session minutes and discuss a foyer request for executive session minutes. I make a motion that we enter into

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executive session for two purposes. Purpose three to discuss strategy for with respect to collective bargaining or litigation for curriculum and purpose seven to comply with or act upon the authority of any general or special law

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or federal grant and aid requirements. review executive session minutes and discuss foyer request for executive session minutes only to return to public session to adjourn. All those in favor? >> I

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>> I >> I and the chair adds an I for unanimous. All right, we are adjourned to uh executive session. Well, there's nothing else left.

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Good. >> Thank you for coming, >> Alex. Thank you for coming. >> Have a good one. >> Thank you, too. >> You missed it. >> I know. I was just going to be a little late. >> I'll try for you tomorrow.

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>> Yeah. I didn't I didn't think Saturday would be good because I fig Saturday I'm good. I'm hanging in there. I'm like I got out of the school year right to the sevenday conference. >> So now I'm back and this is the last thing. Oh, good.

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>> It's actually not too bad. It's very intimidating when you open it and there's teeth on your button staring at you, but then you know like 10 of them, right? >> I'm in my I'm at my desk and I'm watching it on my phone and I'm doing

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stuff on my I was like, "Are they done?" Wait a minute. So, I just walked through. >> We're in limbo. >> All right. I'm going to go watch some baseball. Burn it to the ground. [laughter] >> Gosh, all that work I've been doing.

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>> Hey, we appreciate it. >> Let's see. >> Yeah, they're in executive session and then they're going to come back and then they're gonna >> Yeah, it sounds like they're going to go right to uh Good night, everybody. >> Good night, everybody. >> Wow.

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I know. I see you around. >> Yeah, I know. I know you you were big help. Everybody was counting on it. My dad was so I just want to make sure that was Oh god.

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>> Every [ __ ] day I would wake up to another email from schools here and different schools here. >> Superintendent wasn't one. Everybody was like we're going to have

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school tomorrow. I called it tomorrow. You're full of [ __ ] Justin. >> Yeah, I'm so impressed. it. >> I saw that email this morning and I was like, "What's the >> You know where I found the changing tent?" >> Where?

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>> In your makeshift. >> Oh, in the [ __ ] closet. >> They must have closed the door. closed door. I don't blame Honest. officially calls in.

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I'm gonna find out and I'll ask What? Another free project. I have some sub to the treasur. Very quick. Somebody. Thank you so much.

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Shut up. I see. Lovely. and call the regular school committee meeting back into session only to say I would uh entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> So moved.

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>> Second. All those in favor? I >> we are adjourned.